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Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans

鼠に豆蒔絵印籠)

late 1800s

Japan, Meiji period

(1868–1912)
Medium
Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e)
Measurements
Diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of D. Z. Norton 1916.885
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Description

This round inro is decorated with an image of a single mouse feasting on beans. The theme is elaborated with a metal ojime (cinch) in the form of a cloth bag tied with rope—suggesting the food stores the mouse is raiding. The carved wood netsuke, or toggle, is in the shape of a mouse clutching a nut.

Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans

late 1800s

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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